GENup, from its bottom to top, is youth-run. GENup strives to be a long term agent and champion of educational advocacy and c ... hange. Through community and grassroots organizing/engagement of youth, we seek to consistently fight for student representation and youth perspectives on all facets of education advocacy. As California’s largest youth-led education advocacy organization, engaging over 4,000+ student activists across the state that come from 85+ K-12 public school districts as well as University of California and California State University institutions, we've become an influential youth-voice representing California’s students in the most pressing conversations on education policy, and our more than 90+ local chapters are one of the most effective platforms for grassroots student-led activism in our state. read more